1. bAr.: -TIME GROUP ~ HUWBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 h:~urs plus 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G:r\l\A.nd 7isual Bx St~t.ionary tl. PHOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Patchogue, Long I sland, tJew Yerk 10. CONCLUSION Astro(Sirius) @ 0120 Sirius was n a n Az of 125 degrees and a t an elevatin ef 15 d~grees 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observers watched a light in the SE that \fas flashing red, \vhite, and green. No ebject ,;as Geen just the na3hing lie;hts. There w.s very slow movemAnt ngted by the witnesses. Once the object apn~ared t, stop . The object .:as firs t seen in the SE an1 ~as still there two hours l~ter when the obser- vers went into the st-tien to report the sighting. Altheugh there was considerable air traffic i n the area the duration of the si~hting rules out such an explanation . star, Sirius, , ... a s !.o.-1 on the horizon and frc>m the area should have been quite v i sible. Kennedy and La Guardia c ontrol tow~rs reported no unusual ?bservations by their pers el. One of the eb9ervers was ~sked to see Y if he c ould see the same object the next ni bht . He c~lled ~ No back and said that he had seen Sirius and it was just like FTD SEP 61 0-329 (TOE) p,..loua ediUotu of lhh f ona ma 1 be uaed UNCWSIFIED DIPAITMINJ Of M All Fota STAif IUMOI ACTION: RDC-4 -. INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAF- OS-3, NIN-7, JCS/DIA-1 ( 19) S"lB B175PTT U JAW RlfD<l'1A46S0 2941959-WW--RlfD~A. . ADV CY DIA p 2 ll931i:l FM 52FTRWG SUF'FCLK COUNTY AFBNY TO RI.WMFVA/tOC Rl.EDBOA/21 AmDIV MOOU1RE AFB NJ RlDF IF IFTD WR IGHr -PATTER s:>N AFB OHIO RUEDHQA/CSAF RUEDHQA/OSAF UNQ..AS 5a:DC 0C!226 ocr 66. PDC FOR AFN IN, 2 lAD IV FOR 2 lADO IN, f1D FOR TDETR , CSAF FOH AF'RDC, OS\F FOR St\F-01. UFO RPI'. A. < D fLAs-iiNG L IGHI' ALTERNATING COLort FRC1'1 RID TO \;1 H rr E T 0 ffi EE N C3> RED, WHITE MD ffiEEN. < 6) ON.. Y THE LIGHfS WERE ~EN. AFHO JAUI 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED ( 9) S..~ MOJ ING PACE 2 RlEDG"1A4650 UNQ.AS UNClASSIFIED Of nil All fOICE SJAif MWAA IUJIOI B. ( D Tt VERY S..W MOVEMENT, ONCE APPEMED TO STOP. (2) 45 DE~EES/120 OEffiEES C-4> VERY a.OJ MOJEl'1ENI' TO S:: ( 6> 0./ER TWO KH.R S. WAS V !SIBLE Wl-EN OB$RVER WENT TO SCAT ION HOUS:: TO REPCRT SIGHI' 100. C. CD ffiOUN::> VISUAL C2> BINOClLAR S o. < n 2ll052ef ocr 66 (2) NIGHI' E. IN PARKING AREA BEHHD DUTTON AVE SCHOOL, PATCHOSUE, LI, NY. r. ( 1) PCL ICE $I" MD OTHER OFFICERS ON HIS SHIFT. ffiECINO" PCLICE S'ATION PAT CHOGLE ,L I, NY AFHO JU 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED OF 1111 All FOICI STAFf MESSAGI II.MCH DKOMJN5 MESSAGE G. < D Q..EAR 0 IRECT ION PA<E 3 RtD~A4650 UNQ.AS NOT AVAll.AEl.E I. OSC! Nor OBs:RVED BY N)C RflDAR. J. HIGH ClV n_ IAN AIR TRAFFIC DENSITY IN ffiEATER NY CITY AREA. K. OPERATIONS OFFICER. OBJECT BELIEVEJ) TO BE C!Vll.IAN AIR TRAFFIC AFHO JAUI 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED DlPAITMENr Of THI AJa FOIU STAff MESSAGi ll.lMCH IMCOMtHG MESSAGI IN THE NY CITY ~EA. OBERVER REPORTED THAT S~E OBJECT HAD EEEN OB~VED IN ~E GENERAL AT NIGHI' BEFORE. CONSIDERABLE LOCAL f\&IS INrEREsr. LOCAL AID NY CITY RADIO SI'ATIONS GIVING F'lLL COJERA<E TO THIS REPORT. A NY CITY NEWSPAFER, THE DAll..Y NEWS, REPORTS HAVING PHOI'OffiAPHS OF THE LIGHI'. ~RAOOEMENrS BEING PACL ~ R lEDG'1A~ 65 0 UNQ..AS MADE TO OBTAIN fRINI'S AID HOFEFlllY THE NEGATIVE(S). ALL AVAIL- APLE NaYS RELEA5ES Wll..L BE FOR~JARDED. AT TIME REPOOT WAS RE~I VED T~ (X)NJ'RCL T()I}ERS AT Sl.FFOLK aJUNTY AID MCGUIRE AFBS, AID AT KENNEDY MD LAGUA1D IA AFRT S WERE REQUESI'ED TO ~PRCH SKY FOR POSSIELE SIGHI' lNG, ALL TOWERS REPORTED NEGATIVE RESt.O...TS. AFHO J.llt., 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED DEARBORN OBSERVATORY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201 27 October 1966 I spoke with Detective 5th Precinct on 26 October relH.tive to Lhe publicized Long Island sighting. F'rom his general description and position in the sl<y 1 t appct=~rs that th ic mig..~t have been the star Sirius. I asked the detective for his co-opcrntion in getting up a t 2 a. m. the following morning and locaLe SiriuG and compare the star "'i tb the reported E:i Lghting. He did so, lling back on 27 Octobe r to report that the star Sirius ,.,t:~s jus t about in the s3!lle place and looked very much like t.he object which he reported. He concluded that probably the object nad b~en 3iriu3 but he couldn' t be arsolut..,ly sure but it "qs pro't'1bly ~1h'1t h e s&u. In my own mind this clinches the matter but bccouse of adverse publicity in thP pas"t it "'culd he best L O 'rl t.hhold release unti 1. At 1500 hours., 21 Oct 66, Najor Quintanilla :iJ.)o'<l' ~d.1.h Al Hcis, of Ne wsday, Long Islunrl, Ne'rr York. \-!e had a UFO Si6htinc early this morning. A couple o :' patrolm:m observed object. 1 1m just trying to get the procedures that arc followcti.. A pnt.rolmm S!JOttt~u the thing in the sky. Sgt un o a nother, all sa"' it anJ Lhe:/ in turnc reported it t o Hesthampton AFB. The Air Force people made a check of their own r adar installations and FAA radar instal.Lttions and came up negative and that they would no'' pass Lheir inform.:J tion on t o Wright -Patterson. Once ' "e get it we will see wh:..t the chlractcr lstica are , M!3jor told him. I f 1 t looked like an air c1nr't. t.hcn ..,.,(;; checK into aircraft. If it has oth~r characteristics uc check into the othe r s . I don' t knov what i:hcy s :w so I don '~ll l~rH.r.; ivhat I am going to be looking into . r Hei s said r.h9.i: :; p!JOtog::-aphcr 'Look a long lens shot. of it. 'I.n photo s~o.:eci a lare;c rou11tl :m '1 not saucer shaped object. Li:<c:> <1 t\tll mo.:m Lt:.~.. not f'..lll.v ouLline t . Seen;;(l to hs.vc SOifiC typ~.~ o:~ light.s: eli f~!'Cni.. <.!Olors alt. Very brigh .. , bi~:cr (,. n :~ s'l..ar. Ee ... o.\: etl a tioer l lghl i.Las 1~1t a nd t raveli:1g c.uot. l!ovtug in an CLl'C. Ir.>-.>ked l'L:c. Did.'l ' t lO':I.t< like a'1y o.iccraft. he had C\'...?!" ob~ cwu. rnL police kep-: t~bs 1t. 0113 a.11u was ntlll in the ccner.ll l o<" ti'1n at 0510. it. This thine; cou lt1 be frorn ar. nclver l tisi!l..., a.c.n t.h~t t lK~(t hf:.llt)Jn.; stolen. This place 'ms v.n.Jali d and bo.ll:~ons t.Tent 11.p ov~1 the ,.,cc~:nd. They .:cr~ b0litutt fillcu ,,jtn ll.;'rt...;. lh,j)!.' ~t.lnt. .tllla told him th:J. t Laser peopl\~ had been doing some \lar k on tile t~:..i:J L coast. But he couldn t :say '"h9.t object vHi8 becuuse he h'lcin t rl.!nd uno hcur i all on the repor t . He had heard that a number of peo.:.'lc were Horkln..s with lasers. tle would have to do a lot of citecid n~. 'l'h? ... r:: ar~ a number of possibilities. Four hour:; seems m.;fu] lonJ fur u b;J.J loon . We will have t o eet the ueathcr data and i f the winds er~ wroH~, Lhen it will shoot the theory. llr. Heis c'lllcd BrooklllA.vcn L':Jb and they were not sending up :my balloons. I ... ie.jor told him that >Jhen thts type of person sends up balloons they usually go up durin.~ the daytime. Cambridge l aunches balloons. I havc1 ' t hRo a balloon that ,,:il l stay in the area long. 'l'he BUY ' 10 had the balloons s-:.olen said they vith hul.te1ics and are 9ft . Tha~'s ~ pret~J j~lll balloon. the photo that. lim, York .hi!y ;,:?w~ ha-:1 it. check man; thin~a befcr~ J been the cul_, ... il ~n ::;o .. ~ c:..J:.;~.:s lately. Ft. Chrw.1ilJ h~.:; tv.:t.!!l do.~n:J l"l!' . Seis t-~en 'l!i.,l.!d questions about t.hc! Uni~ersi ~.y of Colorud.., o.nc1 if t :.r ,-,ulC. inv<'r;Llgo':.c the sightin.;. Thr: proule:H i.s L~l. t'cy 1e ~nv~::;tlt;a~ing. ' .. c v1ot.. \o:ith the bose. 1<.? nr. a t'Jvoi'"'.miu b"St. If '-'C h "l'fl' to rr.r:K-1 t'urt.H:r c\'lls Wl ' usu:.tlly co~ rn;1\.: Lilcm fro;~. ll.::rl.! . Like checking 'nth Cambridee and at hers He cau usually do it from j can not explain ''e can' t has been SO r:J. lCh publicity, ~II'. said, that the police eommissionerf, is intervi e\Ting them to make sure they were not drinking. we usually get calls after ~.here is publicity. r . lleis said that one of their fcllo\o."'s i!'ltcrcieHed the policeman. The patrolman sa,., it a t 510 am, and said he knew i t wasn' t a star and it '"as very high up, it moved up and to the south, on e time very bright then it would dim. felt it moved in a southerly direction . Photographer sai o it was hard to distinguish ~et,,.,reen a star, first moved :~ t -r -10 deg angle , later at a 45 dq; a:-agl e . Ha.nted ~o knm.; ;:hat tltajor thought a bout i t no'.;. I-1ajor ssid si:1ce I~/ don' t have the informrlt:io n can' t s:3y. I ~-:ould !1:1ve :.o t'll<.~ :.1 look 01:. all the i.llformtltion. I will hJIVe to check the .:!c-:.her d"'i..J., Tile v:c'lthcr v,s very clear th"''t n.:.3ht a.1n their .cr"' strone breezes on the surface aml the y let up ~:; the ni.:;!1t 'G'ent o--. 'Ln teo t o ."-.10'-hou soon our \>fr'ice '.IOulcl r~cc:l\ed the re~ort. ~ jo.,.. ~uint-mllla informed him it \.\.>uld Lake al. least. 7a !'loucs bcfo.~."' ue would t;et it